ORR, William Wallace
1917 - 1995 (78 years)-
Name ORR, William Wallace Birth 8 May 1917 Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY 
Gender Male Death 12 Aug 1995 Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY Person ID I49335 Laur from Germany Last Modified 1 Oct 2016
Father ORR, George A Mother CORSON, Anna Family ID F17467 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 WALCK, Geraldine Caroline, b. 28 Sep 1917, Niagara County, NY d. 23 May 1976, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY (Age 58 years) Marriage 8 Jan 1942 Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY Notes - Niagara Gazette - 1/9/1942
The marriage of Miss Geraldine
Caroline Walck and Lieutenant William
Wallace Orr was solemnized
last evening at 8 o'clock in the Zion
Lutheran church, Michigan avenue
and Tenth street with the pastor
of the church, the Rev. Arthur
A. Schmoyer, D. D. officiating.
The bride Is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gothold .Walck, of sixth
street, and the bridegroom Is the
son. of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Orr,
of Lewiston Heights.
° A smart street-length frock of
dusty rose was chosen by the bride,
with which she wore black accessories.
Her corsage was of roses
and violets.
Miss Emily Walck. her sister's only
attendant, wore an attractive frock
of biscuit crepe, with brown accessories.
Her corsage was of gardenias.
Mr. Paul Johnson was Lieutenant
Orr's best man.
After the ceremony there was a
wedding supper at the Red Coach
Inn for the members of the immediate
families. The mother of the
bride wore a gown of black, with
touches of white, and the mother
of the bridegroom wore a gown of
smart black. Each wore a corsage
of gardenias. Mrs. William O. Wallace,
grandmother of the bridegroom,
wore a gown of garnet
shade, with corsage of gardenias.
After a brief trip, Lieutenant Orr
will return to Camp Stewart, Ga.,
where he is stationed. He is the
grandson of the late Senator Wallace
and is a graduate of the Niagara
Falls high school. Cornell university
and Cornell Law school. The
bride, a graduate of the Niagara
Falls high, school and of the
Broughton School, is a member of
the staff in the law office of Francis
T. Findlay, prominent attorney
of this city.
Children 1. ORR, William W 2. ORR, Elisabeth Ann 3. ORR, Geraldine Caroline Family ID F17464 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
Family 2 THOMPSON, Margaret Family ID F17466 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
- Niagara Gazette - 1/9/1942
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Notes - Buffalo News, The (NY) - August 15, 1995
Grave side services for William W. Orr, a former president of the Niagara Falls Bar Association, will be held at 11 A.M. Friday in Oakwood Cemetery, 763 Portage Road.
Orr, 78, died Saturday (Aug. 12, 1995) in his home on Maple Avenue after an illness of four months.
A native of Niagara Falls, he was a 1934 graduate of Niagara Falls High School, where he was on the varsity swim team and was a member of Sigma Psi social fraternity. He was a 1938 graduate of Cornell University and received his law degree there in 1940.
While in college, Orr was business manager of the Cornell humor magazine, a member of the senior honor society and a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon social fraternity.
He was admitted to the State Bar in 1940 and was an associate of the law firm of Wallace, Orr, Brydges & Suitor from 1940 to 1945; an associate of Wallace, Orr & Wilcox from 1945 to 1946; a partner of Orr, Brydges & Orr, later Orr, Brydges, Orr & Dowd and The Orr Partnership from 1946 to 1986. He retired from the general practice of law in 1986.
Orr enlisted as a private in 1940 in the 209th Coast Artillery (anti-aircraft) of the New York National Guard and he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army in 1941 at Camp Stewart, Ga. He was stationed at Fort Pepperrell in Newfoundland from 1942 to 1945, when he was discharged with the rank of captain.
He was a member of the Falls Bar Association, Niagara Falls Legal Aid Society, Niagara Falls Lions Club, Niagara Falls Boys Club, Family and Children's Service of Niagara Falls and the Oakwood Cemetery Association.
Orr was a treasurer of the Niagara Falls Chapter of the American Red Cross, a director of the United Way of Niagara, secretary of the board of governors of Niagara Falls Country Club, chairman of the Erie and Niagara County Advisory Committee of Ticor Title Guarantee County, a member of the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association.
He was a former licensee of amateur radio station W2OWQ and holder of an amateur radio advanced class operators license. He was a communications officer for the Niagara Falls Civil Defense Agency.
His first wife, Geraldine Walck Orr, died in 1976. Survivors include his wife, the former Margaret Thompson; two daughters, Elizabeth Anne of Denver and Geraldine Caroline Eggleston of Huntington, L. I.; a brother, George A. Jr. of Youngstown; and four grandchildren
- Buffalo News, The (NY) - August 15, 1995